Linda aced her quals and is now officially “ABD”. Nice work Linda!
Andrea will be heading to UCLA for a postdoc, and Lekha is going to graduate school. We will miss you both!
Rae received his B.S. in Neuroscience, graduating with honors. Well done Rae - Fight On!
Andrea successfully defended her dissertation today :)
Props to Rae for all of his outstanding research and academic efforts over the years! This highly competitive award is most certainly well-deserved.
This award is selected from over 100 eligible PhD students and is a huge honor. Nice work, Andrea!!
Keshav, PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Graduate Program, is joining the lab for his doctoral studies. Welcome Keshav - many great things to come!
Sarah is leaving the lab to pursue her next research journey at North East Ohio Medical University. We’ll miss you Sarah!
At the annual DORI symposium last month Elizabeth gave an award-winning presentation on her vagus nerve GHSR data. Awesome!
Check out our recent Nature Communications paper featured in USC news and Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Our paper on ghrelin-orexin circuitry in the higher-order control of meal size was accepted in Biological Psychiatry :-)
Lots of fun in Chicago this year, with presentations by Andrea, Clarissa, Elizabeth, and Scott.
Our paper on sex differences and hormones mediating the food intake reducing effects of central oxytocin was accepted to Neuroscience…. Clarissa’s first 1st-authored empirical paper!
Our paper on MCH and impulsive behavior was accepted today. Truly a team effort from multiple collaborating labs!
We received 4 years of funding from NIDDK to pursue research on early life sugar consumption and neurocognitive outcomes.
Lekha, a USC alum, joined the lab today as a research technician. Welcome aboard!
The SSIB meeting this year was truly awesome - a great city, a great program, and four strong presentations from our group (including Elizabeth winning the Harry L. Kissileff Award for giving the best postdoctoral oral presentation!!).
Congrats and godspeed to Emily as she begins her new journey as faculty at the University of Georgia Athens. We miss you already!
